A new study has found that small businesses in the UK achieve higher revenues when they use accountants and bookkeepers to ...

As the United Nations COP 29 climate summit begins, new research by the British Chambers of Commerce has found that there is ...

Microsoft's diverse applications, including Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint and Teams, provide essential tools for data management, document creation and collaboration. By automating tasks and ...

The well-worn business cliché is true: turnover is vanity; profit is sanity; cash is reality. But what does it mean? Well, it's not simply a question of how much you sell or how much margin you add, ...

As a small business or sole trader, it can feel like managing your overheads and expenses is a never-ending battle. Cash is often in short supply during the 'start-up phase' and yet it is at this ...

Start Up Donut provides practical information to help your business succeed. Launched in 2009, the Donut websites have grown to be the UK’s largest resource for small businesses. Learn more about key ...

Raising enough money to start a small business can be difficult. The process begins with working out your start-up and operating costs for the year, which you can compare against anticipated sales.

Getting bank finance isn't easy these days - but working with your bank and cultivating an open, honest relationship with them could help. Here's how.

Start Up Donut provides practical information to help your business succeed. Launched in 2009, the Donut websites have grown to be the UK’s largest resource for small businesses. Learn more about key ...

Attracting investors is an incredibly difficult and time-consuming process. This is especially true for new businesses, because they lack trade history. But here are a few recommendations intended to ...

Start up business ideas Develop and test your business idea and decide what form your business should take. Also in this topic ...